Social Enterprise Internet Resources
www.ashoka.org
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public is a nonprofit that offers
financial and professional support to social entrepreneurs around
the world.
www.brodyweiser.com
Brody Weiser Burns is a management consulting firm with a
mission to help focus and strengthen the efforts of organizations
working toward progressive social change.
www.communitywealth.org
Community Wealth Ventures, Inc. is a for-profit enterprise that
delivers strategic counsel to corporations, foundations, and
nonprofit organizations interested in creating community wealth.
www.echoinggreen.org
The Echoing Green Foundation provides full-time fellowships to
emerging social entrepreneurs in the United States and
internationally.
www.entreworld.org
Entreworld is a project of the Kauffman Center for
Entrepreneurial Leadership that includes publications and links
on entrepreneurship.
www.genie.org
The California Management Assistance Partnership’s website
includes information and resources for the nonprofit community.
www.independentsector.org
Independent Sector is a trade association for nonprofit
organizations; its web site includes information about creating
partnerships with the private sector.
www.irs.gov
The Internal Revenue Service’s website offers information on tax
issues for nonprofit organizations. See especially Publication
598, Tax on Unrelated Business Income of Exempt
Organizations.
www.morino.org
The Morino Institute has a special interest in venture philanthropy
as an approach to bringing resources to the nonprofit sector.
www.managementhelp.org
Management Help is a free downloadable library on a large
number of management topics for nonprofit organizations
including social entrepreneurship.
www.nationalgathering.org
The National Gathering for Social Entrepreneurs is exclusively devoted to providing
support for social entrepreneurs. They have an annual conference that provides
training and networking for both novice and experienced managers in this field.
www.onlinewbc.gov
The Small Business Administration’s Online Women’s Business Center exists to
“level the playing field” for women entrepreneurs and offers resources and programs
to help women start and build successful businesses.
www.redf.org
The Roberts Enterprise Development Fund supports social-purpose ventures as a
means to expand economic opportunity for homeless and very low-income
individuals. Its web site includes publications on social return on investment and on
managing social purpose enterprises.
www.rolfelarson.com
Rolfe Larson Associates is a marketing, finance, and venture consulting firm that
helps social entrepreneurs and small businesses develop new ventures and expand
existing ones.
www.sba.gov
The Small Business Administration offers information and resources on starting and
financing a small business.
www.socialentrepreneurs.org
The National Center for Social Entrepreneurs is a nonprofit consulting firm that helps
organizations become more effective and financially self-sufficient.
www.fieldstonealliance.org
Fieldstone Alliance offers practical guides to help nonprofit managers accomplish
their mission.
Source: Larson, R. (2002). Venture forth: The essential guide to starting a
moneymaking business in your nonprofit organization.